Lytle Creek Run

December 19, 2015

The weekend before Christmas we were at my brothers house and he suggested we go check out the Lytle Creek / Sheep Creek truck trail about 10 miles north of his house. Once again there was no planning – just my cousin and his FJ, my brother and his Tacoma, and myself and my Frontier of course.

Once again, late afternoon spur of the moment road trip with my brother (Tacoma) and cousin (FJ Cruiser).
It was nice seeing snow in the background. That said, it was super cold up there and windy too.
Still no lift yet, still debating on options.
These tires felt really good!

I really liked how the BF Goodrich KO2’s felt on the dirt. Compared to the OEM Long Trail T/A tires, the first and immediate thing I noticed was that the KO2s were a lot quieter on the loose stuff. Also, when I was driving down parts of the trail that had loose gravel/sand on it, there was no slip. I felt confident driving on the dirt, and so far I’m equally happy on the pavement as well.

I actually drove for a week without using my stereo system after installing the new tires so that I could compare them to the stock “works perfectly fine for everyone” BF Long Trails. Compared to the stock tires the KO2’s do have a slight increase in tire noise, but I don’t need to turn the stereo on at full blast to cover it up (like my friend’s truck on mud tires). The road noise from the KO2s are barely there at low speeds, and at highway speeds you hear more air noise (from the truck’s aero) than tire noise.

Through windy mountain roads the tires feel great; traction is evident but ride quality isn’t harsh at all. I was surprised that the ride quality felt just as good as the stock tire, considering the KO2’s are stiffer, heavier 10-ply all-terrain tires. Finally, they look cool – I particularly like how they designed the sidewall-to-tread transition area.